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With a fanfare typically accorded to a visiting head of state, Senator Barack Obama dashed through a series of meetings with leaders on both sides of the Middle East conflict on Wednesday, saying it was in Israel’s interest to find peace with the Palestinians. Yet he made clear that Israel should be able to defend itself.
“That’s an issue that has to be dealt with by the parties involved, the Palestinians and the Israelis, and it is not the job of the United States to dictate the form in which that will take,” Mr. Obama said, “but rather to support the efforts that are being made right now to resolve these very difficult issues that have a long history.”
Mr. Obama, who flew by helicopter to the southern Israeli city of Sderot, said the people of Israel should be able to defend themselves from Palestinian rocket attacks from nearby Gaza. Sderot has been hit by more than 2,000 rockets in the past four years, and is a symbolic destination for visiting politicians, including Senator John McCain, who toured it four months ago.
In Sderot, Mr. Obama held a news conference against a backdrop of spent rockets and munitions outside. “The state of Israel faces determined enemies who seek its destruction,” Mr. Obama said. “But it also has a friend and ally in the United States that will always stand by the people of Israel.”
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